Di Pearton

'Whinge and win': We mustn't mistake loudest voices for a majority Whinge and win is how the bullies, the incompetent and the just plain annoying seem to always get their way.

Whinge and win is exhausting, but can be ignored

www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...

There's way too much America, period

Also, I think Victoria voted Yes for the Voice?

Dear Humans,

God is so tired of all this.

Free will was a huge mistake.

The Finks Bikie Gang Is Providing Security for Noncitizens Detained on Nauru An ex-Australian soldier has blown the whistle on the fact that noncitizens being sent to Nauru under a shady deal by the government are to be monitored by the Finks motorcycle gang.

Australians hire Finks Bikie Gang to provide Safety & Security for Immigrant Deportees in Nauru for $2 Billion+ & of course, for us, the taxpayer.
In time, if they will do it to them, they'll do it to you.
www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/the-fin...?
Checked your free speech lately?

“Blending governance and family business” is called corruption

The LNP gives hope to everyone who has ever said “I’m not smart enough to make a living.”

Malcom Turnbull accuses Liberals of ‘Trumpian campaign against renewables’ after party dumps net zero Climate groups call backflip a ‘disaster’ while moderate Liberals worry about impact on winning back urban electorates

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Interesting, is it just me or does Bob exude a peace and contentment, a moral strength that I don’t see in our world ‘leaders’.

Your reminder: Before the royals expelled Andrew, the strategy was digging for dirt on his accuser. - Classic DARVO abuse.

“We’ve fixed our paedophile problem,” the King told his court.

No you haven’t. You’ve changed his name and moved him to a new home.

Who do you think you are, the Catholic Church?

Treasurer announces rework of stalled superannuation tax increase plan Treasurer Jim Chalmers announces the federal government's stalled superannuation tax increases will be reworked after criticism over the plan.

They are so pathetic. There isn't a business lobby in existence they can't cave to.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Every animal species that becomes extinct in Australia confirms our state as a colonial society, exploiting country.
Caring for country is beyond us.

I feel sure that every animal species that becomes extinct under our watch also takes a part of our humanity with it.

Heartbreaking.
Vale.

And then there were none: Australia’s only shrew declared extinct Australia’s only known shrew has been declared extinct. Its loss emphasises the need for national protection of Australia’s rare and unique wildlife.

Sad news for Australian mammals..Australia's only shrew officially declared #extinct.
theconversation.com/and-then-the...

Watching from Australia while Donald Trump targets my home of Chicago with armed troops prompts deep questions | Miles Herbert I never again want to have to look back and wonder, could I have done more?

Watching from Australia while Donald Trump targets my home of Chicago with armed troops prompts deep questions, by @milespherbert.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Forrest-backed study links Woodside mega-project to hundreds of deaths The research, conducted by academics at ANU, suggests the massive offshore gas project off the coast of Western Australia will cause warming of 0.00039 degrees.

A new study published in Nature Climate Action finds Woodside’s Scarborough gas project could cause 100s of heat-related deaths & exposed 500k people to unprecedented heat.

Govt can’t claim climate leadership while approving projects like this.
www.afr.com//policy/ener...

Australian bird of the year 2025: vote for your favourite #birdoftheyear in the Guardian / BirdLife Australia poll From little penguins to (very big) cassowaries, every bird has its fans. Vote for your favourite in the 2025 Guardian/BirdLife Australia poll

Vote now, if you haven't already, for the Guardian's Bird of the Year 2025

It helps to nominate a bird that's endangered, giving it a much higher profile - like Baudin's black cockatoo for example

Please vote - this is a wonderful environmental exercise

🙏🏽 🦜

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Jim Chalmers' super tax compromise proves Labor is a party that's in office, but not in power Labor has finally capped superannuation tax concessions, but still given in to a scare campaign waged by vested interests. It's the sign of a timid government worried about a giant industry.

If this government is too gutless for some very mild reforms to super for the uber wealthy,
there’s no vested interest they won’t cave in to. #auspol
www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/14/j...

Mining giant gets $600m worth of taxpayer funds to keep refinery open The last Australian copper smelter processing third-party product will stay open after its owner accepted a support package.

AU. Mt Isa. Glencore refinery sites stay open with taxpayer funds.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

The first-born chick at #367Collins appears to be perfecting the art of the somersault. 🐣🐣🥚 #PeregrineFalcons

The Woman Who Demonstrated the Greenhouse Effect Eunice Newton Foote showed that carbon dioxide traps the heat of the sun in 1856, beating the so-called father of the greenhouse effect by at least three years. Why was she forgotten?

Scientists and science have been telling us for years, issuing warning after warning ... www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...

Erika Kirk and Donald Trump embrace on stage at Charlie Kirk's memorial. NEW EPISODE | MAGA deifies Kirk as Australia recognises Palestine Listen to After America now via the link or wherever you get your podcasts.

No Trump meeting might be the best outcome for Anthony Albanese.

Allan Behm joins @emmashortis.bsky.social to discuss MAGA's deification of Charlie Kirk, Australia’s disastrous fortnight of Pacific diplomacy & the best-case scenario out of a Trump-Albanese meeting. #auspol

🎧 theaus.in/4mwlQbJ

Since 2022, Australia’s screen industry has shrunk by 60%. Streamers make $4B here, pay less than 1% tax, and invest little in local stories. I’ve launched a petition urging the govt to mandate investment in Aussie content by 30 June 2026.

www.change.org/p/save-austr...

Hypocrisy

The government is supposed to represent us, not the fossil fuel industry.

Our research shows fossil fuels are the biggest source of carbon emissions in Australia – but the government is letting them off the hook.

Add your name to the petition > theaus.in/phase-out-fo...

Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

The high cost of free speech Jimmy Kimmel's suspension shows us that nothing will ever satisfy Trump's unquenchable thirst for power.

"That’s the thing about negotiating with fascists: the negotiation is never over...Giving your lunch money to the school bully has never once stopped him from coming back"

@marisakabas.bsky.social on the failure of old school media to stand up for what matters.
www.thehandbasket.co/p/jimmy-kimm...

Something people aren't talking about enough is how often Charlie Kirk invoked the Fifth Amendment when testifying before Congress about the domestic terrorists he provided buses to get to Washington on January 6, 2021.